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 Siem Reap, Cambodia travel tales
Our customers share their travelling experiences in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Read about first hand stories on travel tips and guides, events, entertainment,shopping, food, business and transportation.
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| J Ho |
09 August 2004 |
Stayed at Passaggio Boutique Hotel - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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Bopha Angkor Restaurant is one of the best restaurants in Cambodia for about US $6.00/person.
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| M Wong |
08 August 2004 |
Stayed at Passaggio Boutique Hotel - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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Excellent pizzas at Ecstatic Pizza, very cheap drinks plus cheap and good food at Temple, very good salads, breads and sandwiches at Blue Pumpkin and must try hotpot and homemade sherbets at Soup Dragon. All around the Old Market area and within a 5-10 minutes walk from Passaggio.
Also look out for the Seeing Hands Massage done by the visually impaired (a UNESCO project).
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| G Barrington |
28 July 2004 |
Stayed at Salina Hotel - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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Temples fantastic. If you can allow more than 2-3 days to see everything it is much better. Eating out at local restaurants good value, tried Red Piano, Soup Dragon and Blue Pumpkin which were great. Don't go to Koulen Restaurant for Dance and dinner. Caters for large tour groups and was very poor value and food was only warm. Went to Chao Pra Ya was much better for the same thing. Far superior buffet meal and dancing much better. Found costs to get around high so allow for this. We took with us US money in lots of small denominations and made buying easy.
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| S Chan |
28 July 2004 |
Stayed at Pavillon Indochine - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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We've tried several restaurants and found that Khmer Kitchen is really the best restaurant in town. Great food at very cheap price!! Beng Mealea is a must-go temple that is buried in the jungles. Great sense of adventure there!!
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| L Boyd |
28 July 2004 |
Stayed at Bopha Angkor - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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Visited Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, Ta Prohm, and others. We wished we had allowed more time for Ta Prohm! We were very thankful that we had arranged online for a guide and a van before we arrived ($110 for 2 days' worth of van, driver, and guide). One tip: American CASH is all that works. It has to be in pristine condition, too--we had a $100 bill with a very small cut on one corner and no one would accept it.
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| C Chia |
27 July 2004 |
Stayed at Passaggio Boutique Hotel - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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We both had a great time in Siem Reap. It's a nice peaceful little town where you could truly relax. Locals there generally are very friendly. We shopped quite a fair bit and felt that should have brought more USD. Thai Baht is widely accepted as well. We went up to the north - Thailand and Cambodia border Poi Pet; my view is really nothing much to see there if you are not a gambler as the casinos are built there. According to our guide, all the casinos are being built near the borders and not in the city/province where the people can easily access to; which I think is good as the country is really poor should not make it easy to gamble. We do not mind to visit Siem Reap, Cambodia again. Probably next time should take more days off to cover other cities as well.
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| M Hanaya |
09 July 2004 |
Stayed at Passaggio Boutique Hotel - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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A beautiful place to visit but really all you would need is 2-3 days. Not much to do except to visit all the Wats (which are spectacular) and visit the old market. Highly recommend the speed boat to Phnom Penh or vice versa. What an experience!
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| J Rhee |
30 June 2004 |
Stayed at Borei Angkor Hotel - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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The hotel provides free pickup from the airport. The rest of the time we used a Tuk Tuk to see the town. For the temple, we used a driver the first day to see the smaller temples. The driver costs $20. It was worth it b/c it is so hot in June and it was nice being driven and being able to sit in air conditioning from one temple to another. Also, you can keep all your junk in the car and just bring your camera. The driver will also recommend a restaurant for lunch that is pretty good and cheap. Our driver was Sopheak Chhim. He was fantastic. Really nice guy. Spoke English fairly well. The second day we decided to use him as our driver again and our guide. Although he is not officially a professional guide, his explanations were more than enough. I highly recommend him. He is very honest and friendly. His contact info is "Chhim_Sopheak@hotmail.com". Contact him before you get there. He can give you advice and help with other matters as well.
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| B Adlam |
06 June 2004 |
Stayed at Angkor Village Hotel - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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Skip Battambang - no reason to visit. In Siem Reap Blue Pumpkin Mango shake and Amok ravioli both great. Red Piano also had very nice meals. FCC has great new space. In Phnom Penh, try Sugar Palm restaurant for vg Khmer food.
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| H Koenig |
01 June 2004 |
Stayed at Mysteres d' Angkor - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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Khmer Kitchen - great place for Khmer food: cheap and good. Also, ask your tuk-tuk driver for a place that serves beef soup in a hot pot. We found it only after we asked our tuk-tuk driver where he usually eats. But overall, Cambodia is an expensive place to visit. Sunk costs include visa (USD20), airport departure tax (USD25), temples entrance fee (USD40 for 3-day pass), English-speaking guide (USD22 p.day) and tuk-tuk driver (USD12-20 p.day).
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